Shape mixing and beta-decay properties of neutron-deficient Kr and Sr isotopes

TL;DR

This paper investigates the beta-decay properties and Gamow-Teller strength distributions of neutron-deficient Kr and Sr isotopes using a self-consistent deformed quasiparticle random phase approximation, incorporating shape mixing.

Contribution

It introduces a combined approach of Skyrme Hartree-Fock mean field and a simple shape mixing model to accurately predict decay properties.

Findings

Good agreement with experimental half-lives

Shape mixing coefficients align with phenomenological data

Enhanced understanding of nuclear shape effects on decay

Abstract

Gamow-Teller strength distributions and beta-decay half-lives in neutron-deficient Kr and Sr isotopes are investigated within a deformed quasiparticle random phase approximation. The approach is based on a selfconsistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock mean field with pairing correlations and residual separable particle-hole and particle-particle forces. A simple two-level model is used to mix the nuclear shapes into the physical ground state. Good agreement with experiment is found with shape mixing coefficients which are consistent with those obtained phenomenologically from mixing of rotational bands.